<p>Thieves attacked an Army officer who challenged them when they attempted to chop sandalwood from a tree at the Army guesthouse on Rest House Street, off Brigade Road, in the early hours of Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Around 3 am, a few men scaled the wall of the guesthouse and started chopping sandalwood. <br /><br />Major Bharadwaj, 36, who was woken up by the noise, came out and saw the men cutting the tree with a hacksaw. He ran up to them shouting and tried to nab them. But the thieves attacked him and managed to flee, a senior police officer said. “The wall of the guesthouse is low and the thieves easily scaled it. Surprisingly, there was no guard at the place,” a senior police said. The thieves left behind some of the tools used in cutting the tree. <br /><br />“These tools are from Tamil Nadu. A team of policemen is already on its way to Tamil Nadu to hunt for people involved in this incident,” the officer added. A case has been registered at the Cubbon Park police station. A similar incident had taken place about two months ago and the police were able to hunt down the thieves in Andhra Pradesh and <br />Tamil Nadu. <br />DH News Service</p>
<p>Thieves attacked an Army officer who challenged them when they attempted to chop sandalwood from a tree at the Army guesthouse on Rest House Street, off Brigade Road, in the early hours of Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Around 3 am, a few men scaled the wall of the guesthouse and started chopping sandalwood. <br /><br />Major Bharadwaj, 36, who was woken up by the noise, came out and saw the men cutting the tree with a hacksaw. He ran up to them shouting and tried to nab them. But the thieves attacked him and managed to flee, a senior police officer said. “The wall of the guesthouse is low and the thieves easily scaled it. Surprisingly, there was no guard at the place,” a senior police said. The thieves left behind some of the tools used in cutting the tree. <br /><br />“These tools are from Tamil Nadu. A team of policemen is already on its way to Tamil Nadu to hunt for people involved in this incident,” the officer added. A case has been registered at the Cubbon Park police station. A similar incident had taken place about two months ago and the police were able to hunt down the thieves in Andhra Pradesh and <br />Tamil Nadu. <br />DH News Service</p>
